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Chapter 20 – The Fire-Bound Name

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The night burned. Literally. A column of flame erupted from the southern hills, so tall it split the sky. Wolves across the realm woke in terror. But Aria, Aria didn’t flinch. Because the fire didn’t just burn.

It spoke. The embers spelled a single word in the air, traced in blood-red light: ARIA. “It’s a challenge,” Theron growled as the pack assembled before dawn. “She’s calling you out.”

“She never does anything without purpose,” Orion muttered. “This is bait. Or worse a warning.”

“No,” Aria said, standing at the center of the war chamber. “It’s a declaration. Vaelith isn’t hiding anymore.”

She turned to the others. “And neither will I.” They rode by dusk. The fire had left a mark where it fell an entire valley turned to black glass, trees petrified mid-scream, soil humming with residual magic.

In the center of the crater, they found it: A body. A messenger. Or what remained of one. No face. No scent. Only skin carved with runes and one sentence seared into the chest: “When the Que
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